On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 306 Neighbor 3
Xiao Xiao looked at her with wide eyes: "I am originally a farm girl. Isn't it normal for me to make mistakes in the rules?"

"And I'm timid and weak, so I don't dare to go out."

She patted her heart and pretended to be weak: "Really, when I think about going out, I feel panicked and short of breath."

Her aunt took her out just to let everyone know that she was rich, beautiful, and knew the rules and etiquette.

Although his background is not obvious, it is not too bad.

He even wanted her to admit that she was Li Yan's savior in front of outsiders.

That way there will be far fewer people gossiping behind your back.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao guessed that Mrs. Li would take him out for a walk soon, so he dared to bargain with Mother Zhou here.

To be honest, Xiao Xiao was tired of Mrs. Li. For the sake of her good reputation, she had to endure herself.

If it were her, she wouldn't care what others say. Life is short. Eat well, drink well, have fun, and be worthy of yourself.

Mrs. Niu looked behind Mother Zhou again, sitting on the verandah, chewing an apple, and suspected that Mother Zhou was being threatened.

If they can be in the general's mansion, they definitely understand the rules.

But two of them were specially arranged by Mrs. Li.

Xiao Xiao had also been paying attention to them, and when she saw this, she said very considerately: "Mother Zhou, the mother diagonally across from you has been worried about you. She wants to say, if you are threatened, just blink."

Everyone has grown up in the inner house, and even the eldest mistress who was born into a poor family does not dare to be too presumptuous openly.

It's just that there is no way out, so he can only be placed in the eldest son's yard.

They all knew that they were not very good at learning the rules, but they were afraid that they would do something wrong and cause trouble for their new master.

She winked at Zhou's mother, trying to get her to give her a hint.

It's a pity that even though they have many ideas, before Li Yan got married, he spent a lot of time resting in the front yard. It was rare to visit this yard.

Even though Mrs. Niu and Mingzhu were appointed by Madam, they didn't dare to contradict Madam when they saw their right-hand man, Mama Zhou.

Even if Mrs. Niu agreed with Xiao Xiao's words, she didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore and immediately lowered her head.

When the maids and wives brought by Xiao Xiao heard that Zhou's mother wanted to teach her some rules, they all wanted to prick up their ears and listen carefully.

Mother Zhou looked at her round, pink, white and rosy face and admired her ability to tell lies with her eyes open.

She could only compromise, comfort herself, and teach the maids and women in the yard the rules, just as she was reviewing the past and learning the new.

Even if they come, they just enter the room and close the doors and windows, guarding against them is like guarding against thieves.

The first one to come was Mrs. Niu, the pearl who was arranged to come here only the year before last.

The maids and wives in the courtyard all suspected that they had heard wrongly.

I'm afraid that the eldest mistress will be the first thing that will happen to her when she takes office.

Now that the eldest son is married, they are still thinking about what the lady will arrange for them to do?
But even after beating them to death, they didn't expect that the first thing they were waiting for was to teach them the rules?
Or is it Mother Zhou in Madam's yard who will teach them the rules in person?

Zhou's mother first turned around and saluted Xiao Xiao: "The eldest young lady was joking. It was the old slave's lack of control over them that made them lose their rules."

Now that this step has been achieved, Zhou's mother can only comfort Xiao Xiao first and let her learn etiquette.

Things have priorities, and she knows her master, and the most he can do is scold herself a few times.

He only waits for the eldest mistress to go out with the madam a few times and let the madam gain a good reputation before she starts to deal with the eldest young mistress. Xiao Xiao looked pleased: "As expected of my wife, she really knows the rules."

Zhou's mother turned to look at the old ladies and maids in the yard, and transferred the feeling of cowardice she felt from Xiao Xiao to them: "Stand still for me."

"You, who told you to stand so straight?"

"To greet the eldest mistress, step up your left leg first, hold your knee with your left hand, hang your right hand down, and half-kneel with your right leg..."

Xiao Xiao knew in her heart that Zhou's mother said she was teaching the maids and women, but in fact, she was telling her everything from the simple to the rare.

She felt a little envious of Mrs. Li. Even if the ladies around her were careful, they still had to use it.

In August, it was already so cold in the morning and evening that I had to wear a jacket, but the afternoon sun was still a bit hot.

Fortunately, the sun is still shining brightly this afternoon.

The maids and women were all sweating profusely after learning the rules for an hour in the sun, hoping that Mother Zhou would let them go.

I really would rather go to work than salute.

Xiao Xiao was sitting in the shade on the verandah, and the breeze blew in, bringing with it a faint scent of osmanthus, which was just right, neither cold nor hot.

She had already finished chewing an apple and two oranges, and now she was eating melon seeds and watching the show.

She felt that she was still a kind person, so she said: "Okay, I think they have learned the rules well, let's just stay here for today, right?"

After saying that, seeing a few little maids looking happy, he added: "If they don't understand the rules in the future, I will go to Madam's place and ask Mother Zhou to come again and teach them the rules."

Mother Zhou felt in her heart that she had become the eldest mistress’s whetstone.

In the past, she felt that the eldest mistress had no intentions. Even if she compromised last time, it was because her son was threatened by the eldest son.

But now she discovered that both the madam and herself had misjudged him. He was a difficult master.

Mrs. Xiao's words made the people below mistakenly think that she was sent by the eldest mistress to beat them to abide by the rules and not not take the eldest mistress seriously.

Now he is threatening them again.

In that short period of time, no one in the yard dared to violate the rules.

Even Zhou's mother couldn't help but admire Xiao's operation. Not only was he thick-skinned, but he was also shameless. The most important thing was that he had been tortured for so long.

Thinking about having to teach her the rules and tell her the things that each government should pay attention to, Zhou's mother wanted to faint.

Today is another day where I regret not pretending to be sick.

Fortunately, when Zhou's mother explained the rules and talked about the wives and grandmothers of various houses, Xiao Xiao listened very seriously and cooperated very well.

It's just that Mrs. Xiao is too nosy. She said that the old lady of the Yao family likes to be lively, so she curiously asked how to liven things up.

She said that Chang Shi was henpecked, so she gossiped about whether Mrs. Chang Shi was good at martial arts and whether she had an aunt in the house.

He said that General Fu's wife had strict rules, so she asked her to perform. What kind of Yan Jin is she?

Anyway, in the end, Zhou’s mother went back feeling dizzy and blue in the face, and knelt down in front of Mrs. Li: “Master, the eldest young lady is really a rotten wood that cannot be carved.”

Mrs. Li also said with a cold face: "How did I hear that you are teaching Mr. Xiao some rules?"

It's a pity that Zhou's mother is too familiar with Mrs. Li's temperament: "It's also Mr. Xiao who changes his ways, taking it out on the slave?"